To celebrate her 60th birthday neither a European trip nor an African safari was exciting enough for Glenys Ambe. Instead she’s gifting herself a trip to space, literally. Glenys is the first Australian to have booked a ticket on Virgin Galactic, Sir Richard Branson’s commercial space travel project through a travel agent. “I have always wanted to go up in space,” she said. “The only day I wagged school in my whole life was when my father gave me permission … the day they walked on the moon.”